“King”’s Canadian Keynote
February 1, 2008
Happy Cog’s Jeffrey Zeldman delivered the opening keynote, “Return of the King of Web Standards,” at Web Directions North 2008 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. In his address, Zeldman told tales of the history and achievements of the web standards movement, from its beginnings in 1998 through today’s confusing challenges.
Web Directions focuses on practical and inspiring concepts, technologies and techniques for people whose day-to-day job is building websites, applications and services. Dubbed “the King of Web Standards” by Business Week, Jeffrey Zeldman co-founded and led the group and movement that brought standards to our browsers and changed the way designers and developers create and produce web content.